I'm on my 4th month of HRT and its going surprisingly well . I feel great, I'm mentally in a place with the feeling of femininity I never dreamt possible.MY T is being replace. I'm quite lucky with the genetics as far as my breasts are developing to the point that I need to make a solid decision to move forward. If I go past the six month point there's really no turning back. I definitely won't do surgery to remove my breasts that's my reality. each day I look at my reflection and see my self developing into a woman.  I know inside that this is the only way, I've live the other way and I can't do it. I'm just wondering what things if any would cause you to do an abrupt turn and stop transition If any thing would.

Death. 

Death would be the only thing I can think of.

well, that's definitely one thing

I honestly can't think of anything that would make me turn back.

If I was far enough into it (not sure where I'd draw that line, but nvm) and I had to stop HRT because of some health concern, I'd stop. But that's a very different thing from going back to living as female. I do think I'd die before living as female again.

Haven't really started yet except for the way I'm dressing more femininely and wearing makeup more but I feel more free now than I was before and I love myself So probably nothing

Death.

I have thought the same thing, Stephanie.

Although, I've been on HRT for only a measly week , physically I can feel the development aches, and psychologically I'm in a completely different and so much more comfortable place.

To be honest transition is something I realise I was fighting tooth and nail for a very long time, but in the end I couldn't avoid it. I don't want to move forward but somehow it feels right to do so, and having started there's no way back now that I can see.

So like the others it either carry on the transition or die in some sense or another.

Quote from: Joan on January 18, 2014, 07:53:24 PM
I have thought the same thing, Stephanie.

Although, I've been on HRT for only a measly week , physically I can feel the development aches, and psychologically I'm in a completely different and so much more comfortable place.

To be honest transition is something I realise I was fighting tooth and nail for a very long time, but in the end I couldn't avoid it. I don't want to move forward but somehow it feels right to do so, and having started there's no way back now that I can see.

So like the others it either carry on the transition or die in some sense or another.

Yea, I definitely know what you mean, I've been dealing with this so long and it amazing how right it feels

I guess it's obvious we're headed towards a consensus

  When I first read the topic  the next thing that came to mind was  DEATH ! I see I have some great company here and there is no way I would ever want to go back. Bear in mind I am 64 and started hrt about a month ago and also have a friend who started hrt at 70. Life is good.  Pat

Quote from: justpat on January 18, 2014, 08:04:29 PM
  When I first read the topic  the next thing that came to mind was  DEATH ! I see I have some great company here and there is no way I would ever want to go back. Bear in mind I am 64 and started hrt about a month ago and also have a friend who started hrt at 70. Life is good.  Pat

HRT does seem to help a lot, It sure helped me

I'm 59 and I've only been on HRT one week.  My mind is already more clear and focused that I can ever remember.  I feel alive.  I feel happy.  I have hope.  I can remember how I felt before.  I was depressed. I felt like the walking dead. I had zero hope.  The only thing that would make me stop my transition would be death.   

Inability to pass and achieve social acceptance in my desired gender role.  My biggest issue was the social.

In fact, that's the (extremely short and dramatically oversimplified) explanation for why I gave up trying to be a guy.  So I guess it's not a purely academic question in my case!

Death.
Guilt.  My advise: if you ever, ever, ever had an idea you may want to purse this, don't get married.  Some people can handle the situation....others, like myself, really struggle with this.

Quote from: stephaniec on January 18, 2014, 07:00:08 PM
...my breasts are developing to the point that I need to make a solid decision to move forward. If I go past the six month point there's really no turning back.

That's exactly why I stopped HRT at the 5-6 month period, despite enjoying being on E and the changes that it produced. There are other reasons, but they all stem from the physical changes involved in HRT.

I too was blessed in the breast dept., so breast development was steady and rapid. And looking back at photos during that time, my face changed considerably, to the point where I wondered if anyone actually twigged to what was going on. It's possible that I was making up excuses to myself, but (a) I found it hard to let go of my male body and (b) I found the thought of coming out to everyone just too difficult. For various reasons, they were both boundaries that I found too difficult to cross.

I've read here that it's taken some people more than one attempt before they've actually transitioned. So, who knows, maybe another time. Then again, perhaps I'm not a binary sort of person.

Quote from: JS on January 18, 2014, 08:39:03 PM
That's exactly why I stopped HRT at the 5-6 month period, despite enjoying being on E and the changes that it produced. There are other reasons, but they all stem from the physical changes involved in HRT.

I too was blessed in the breast dept., so breast development was steady and rapid. And looking back at photos during that time, my face changed considerably, to the point where I wondered if anyone actually twigged to what was going on. It's possible that I was making up excuses to myself, but (a) I found it hard to let go of my male body and (b) I found the thought of coming out to everyone just too difficult. For various reasons, they were both boundaries that I found too difficult to cross.

I've read here that it's taken some people more than one attempt before they've actually transitioned. So, who knows, maybe another time. Then again, perhaps I'm not a binary sort of person.

yea, it definitely made me stop and think, I felt that male making a plea for time out . I looked in the window at night time of the coffee house I go to and saw  this  female staring back I had to pause and think, but I think where I'm at in life and given my past It's far better to proceed.

My immediate thought also was death. That guy ends a great many things.

another vote for death

Asides from death stupid gatekeepers. Just because I like boys clothes and dislike of feminine stuff doesn't negate my transness!